Siege of Falkirk

The Siege of Falkirk (1298) was a battle of the Anglo-Scots Wars. The army of Scotland, led by William Wallace, destroyed the English castle at Falkirk despite being outnumbered and outranged by English longbows.

History
The English army of King Edward the Longshanks, including his infamous and deadly longbowmen, marched north into Scotland to fight against William Wallace and the Scottish rebels. The only way the Scots could hold the boggy lowlands around Falkirk would be to build a castle and as many walls as they could construct in a short time. The Scots gathered enough stone to complete the construction of the wall at the front of their base, and the Scottish trained large amounts of troops and siege weapons after building a castle of their own. William Wallace and his Woad Raiders arrived, putting the English army in trouble, and the Scots ensured that they had a large army with plenty of siege weapons.

After building up a large army, the Scots forded the Firth River and attacked the English base on the other side of the ford. The English gates were broken down, and the Scottish troops charged in with the siege weapons. The Scottish army destroyed the English castle and all of the buildings within their base, and the Scots won a great victory. They were outnumbered and outranged by the English longbowmen, but they were victorious over the English. Scotland tore down the English castle and replaced it with a Scottish one afterwards.